Rael: 'Move U.N. headquarters to Okinawa!’

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 17 – Rael, spiritual leader of the Raelian Movement, is calling for the United Nations to move its headquarters.

“Okinawans should invite the United Nations to relocate from New York to Okinawa,” he told an assembly of Japanese on Okinawa while celebrating the Raelian New Year on August 6. “To have the U.N. headquarters in New York is to have it in a country at war. It should be on Okinawa.”

The problem, he explained, is that the United States has military bases on that island.

“The U.S. Army shouldn’t be in this paradise that is Okinawa,” he declared. “It would a big [military] target in case of a conflict between America and China, and Okinawa should be a place of peace. Instead of becoming a tool of war between China and America, it should become a demilitarized island under the protection of the United Nations. It would then be a tool for peace between the United States and China. We need tools of peace, so do everything in your power to have the American army leave Okinawa!”

Rael went on to explain the significance of the Raelian New Year, August 6.

“August 6 is the saddest of our [Raelian] celebrations because we remember all the children playing in Hiroshima and all the other people who were killed in one second. It was the worst war crime of all time and the worst terrorist act of all time. The U.S. government decided to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Japanese, not to stop the war with Japan. Japan was ready to surrender, as historians have confirmed. The United States sacrificed all those people to make the Soviet Union afraid.”

Rael also mentioned a recent positive development.

“I’m pleased to say today that, thanks to the de facto alliance between China and Russia — which together are more powerful than America — we now have for the first time in many years a chance of self-destructing that is no longer increasing,” he said. “This is thanks to this balance of power and the fact that the world is finally telling America, ‘That’s enough’. The weakening of America is the key to the future of humanity.”

Rael concluded, “The military powers of the world are condemned to peace, and that’s good news.”